High School Girls

LM Mid-Atlantic Region Report: June 1, 2011

Stephanie Toy had three goals and two assists, as No. 6
Moorestown avenged its streak-busting loss to Shawnee with an 8-5
victory in the South Jersey Group 3 championship. The Quakers play
No. 4 Mendham in the Group finals Thursday.

Player of the Week

Nicole Grote, Marriotts Ridge (Md.)
The junior attacker had three goals and an assist to lead the
Mustangs to an 8-4 victory over two-time defending state champion
Century in the Maryland state 3A-2A championship game. Century had
defeated the Mustangs in last year's semifinals.

Mid-Atlantic Region Top 10

1. McDonogh (Md.) – 19-0 – The
Eagles won their third straight Interscholastic Athletic
Association of Maryland A Conference championship and have won 51
straight games.

2. Ridgewood (N.J.) – 20-1 - The Maroons
edged Hillsborough, 15-14, to claim the NJSIAA Group 4
championship. They play South Jersey Group 4 champion Washington
Township in the state Group 4 finals on Thursday.

4. Mendham (N.J.) – 18-2 - The Minutemen
defeated West Morris Central, 12-3, for the North Jersey Group 3
championship. They face No. 6 Moorestown in the state Group finals
at Robbinsville High at 3 p.m. Thursday.

5. Roland Park (Md.) – 15-6 – The
Reds came from the fifth seed to reach the finals of the
Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference
championship tourney, where they fell to No. 1 McDonogh, 18-17.

6. Moorestown (N.J.) – 20-3 – The
Quakers won the South Jersey Group 3 championship by defeating
Shawnee, 8-5. Shawnee was the team that snapped Moorestown's
228-game state win streak last year in the S.J. Group 3 finals. The
Quakers meet Mendham Thursday in the State Group 3 finals at
Robbinsville High at 3 p.m.

Game of the Week

These two New Jersey Group 3 champions square off for state
supremacy in the second largest division. North champion Mendham is
hoping to return to the finals of the Tournament of Champions
(involving all Group champions), where it lost last year in the
title game. Moorestown had won 10 straight state titles until being
knocked out of the South Jersey Group 3 finals last year by
Shawnee.

News and Notes

Moorestown (N.J.) avenged last year's stunning
loss to Shawnee in the South Jersey Group 3 finals
by downing the Renegades, 8-5. The loss last year to Shawnee
snapped the Quakers' 228-game win streak against New Jersey teams.
Junior Steph Toy led Moorestown with three goals
and two assists, while Bridget Bianco recorded 12
saves and held Shawnee (16-4) scoreless for the final 20 minutes,
32 seconds of the game. Nikki McMonagle added two gaols for
Moorestown. .. Undefeated James Madison (Va.) won
the Northern Region crown by toppling Oakton,
23-14. Madison (19-0) got five goals each from Megan
Bisson and Julia Kehoe each had five
goals three goals and seven assists from senior Allison
Hahn. Carly Palmucci tallied seven goals
for Oakton...Winters Mill (Md.) won the Class
2A-1A state crown with a 13-2 rout of Loch Raven.
Erin McMunn (3 goals, 2 assists), Sydney
Trentzsch (3 goals) and Madison Cyr (2
goals) paced the victory...Morgan Torggler had
four goals and Kendyl Gardner added three as
Severna Park used a 9-0 second-half run and
knocked off undefeated Westminster, 14-7, to win
the Maryland state 4A-3A championship. Torggler, a sophomore,
scored a team-high 17 goals in six postseason games for Severna
Park (17-4)...Cape Henlopen won its third straight
Delaware state championship by downing St.
Andrew's, 12-6, as Anna Frederick scored
four goals and Jackie Coveleski added three.